More 80's/90's segue-ing into BOC/HW

Steve zaius at TELEPORT.COM
Fri May 10 12:00:08 EDT 1996


>But after the first three albums, Metallica suck *big* time.


>The BOC link I can almost see, but the reason that I can see for the
>non-revival of BOC is that they are still viewed in most circles as a dinosaur
>rock band, mainly due to *that* single, and the fact that they can play.  It's
>the 'punk' thing again, the same attitude that buried Slade - good songs, well
>played, successful, hence they must be shit.

Yeah- but I love the old Robert Plant line "This song is dedicated to the
worst band in the world: Slade"...after which he laughs and says 'just
joking' or something like that.

While we're on obscure, but really great British rock- how about Alex
Harvey? An amazing talent - a sort of Scottish Frank Zappa.

SP

"As long as someone wields the whip, someone else will want to kiss it."
-G. Gordon Gordon



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